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No. 410,644. Patented Sept. 10, 1889 Jilin UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT M. LIVELY AND LOUIS P. LIVELY, OF CANTON, TEXAS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,644, dated.September 10, 1889.

Application filed April 19, 1889. Serial No. 307,770. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT M. LIVELY and LOUIS P. LIVELY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Van Zandt andState of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in gates; and it consists incertain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the gate, showing it closed.Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the movement of the latch-bar.Fig. 3 is partly a plan view and partly a transverse section.

In carrying out our invention we erect a latch-post A at one side of theroad, and at the opposite side of the road we erect the hinge-posts BB,whicl1 are arranged adjacent to each other and have a sill 0 extendingbetween their lower ends, and have their upper ends connected by a capD, as clearly shown.

The gate is composed of the horizontal rails E and the vertical bars F,connecting the said rails, the said bars being arranged adjacent to theends of the rails, as clearly shown. The bottom rail of the gate isprovided in its under side with a socket or recess G, which is engagedover a pint-1e or stationary pivot H, projecting from the sill C.

The latch I is pivoted at its lower end to the bottom rail of the gate,and extends upward therefrom a slight distance above the top rail of thegate, so that its upper end can be utilized as a handle in the operationof the gate. The intermediate portion of the latch engages a hook J,projecting from the post A, and the latch is connected near its lowerend by a connecting-bar K with the lower end of a lever L, which ispivoted at an intermediate point of its length between one of the railsof the gate and a short rail M, and has its upper end connected to thefree end of ahorizontally-swinging arm N, which is pivoted on the cap D.The rail M is secured at its ends to two of the vertical bars F, and thelever L plays between the said vertical bars. The free end of thehorizontally-swinging arm N is longitudinally slotted, as shown at O,and the upper end of the lever L enters the said slot. The end of thelever is secured in the said slot by means of a suitable pin passingthrough transverse openings P in the said arm and a notch in the upperend of the lever. By this c011- struction the lever can be adjusted tothe proper point of the swinging arm to compensate for the sagging ofthe gate.

IVhen it is desired to open the gate, the upper end of the latch isswung toward the pivotal end of the gate, so as to be disengaged fromthe hook J, and the gate is then swung to the side of the roadway. Vhenthe latch is moved, as just stated, the upper end of the lever L will beswung outward, so that the weight of the gate will be thrown onto thearm N, and the bending of the pintle or pivot II will be prevented. Thisarrangement also facilitates the closing of the gate, as will be readilyunderstood.

Our device is very simple in its construction, and is composed of fewparts, which are compactly arranged and are efficient in theiroperation.

The advantages of the gate are thought to be obvious, and detailedreference thereto is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. The combination, with the gate having its bottom rail pivoted at oneend, of the horizontally-swinging arm arranged above the gate, thevertical lever pivotally mounted on the gate and having its upper endconnected with the free end of said arm, the vertical latch pivoted onthe gate, and the connecting-bar between the latch and lever, as setforth.

2. The combination, with the gate and the horiZont-all y-swin gi n g armarranged above the gate and provided in its free end with a longitudinalslot and a series of transverse perforations, of the vertical leverpivoted on the gate and having its upper end entering said slot, the pinpassing through one of said transverse perforations and engaging thelever, the vertical latch, also pivoted on the gate, and thehorizontally-sliding connectingbar between the lower ends of the latchand the lever, as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT M. LIVELY. LOUIS P. LIVELY.

\Vitnesses:

WENTwoRTH MANNING, O. T. KENNEDY.

